An analysis of climate finance flows in Ghana shows that an annual average of USD 830 million was tracked in 2019 and 2020. This is a meagre 5-9% of its required investment — estimated between USD 9.3-15.5 billion — highlighting the pressing need to bolster climate finance to achieve Ghana’s …
Reflecting on the voices of people living in difficult and unjust circumstances, government stakeholders and development practitioners from around the globe, the authors propose that conducting a truly participatory, multi-stakeholder and cross-scalar contextual analysis that considers a wide range of hazards, as well as people’s capacities and aspirations, should become …
The Gwollu Traditional Council in the Upper West Region has appealed to government to act as a matter of urgency to stop the logging rosewood by illegal companies operating in the Region. The Council said the massive and wanton felling of rose trees was being carried out in the Sissala …
Residents in the Wa East District have expressed unease about the activities of some lumber companies who are indiscriminately felling valuable trees in the District. They said the destruction of trees in the area could cause deforestation and affect agriculture production and the economic livelihoods of the people. The residents …
African countries have agreed to cooperate in setting limits for use of lead in paints with a view to phasing it out by 2020. This is because of its dangers to human beings, especially to children, and the environment. In a workshop jointly organised by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) …
The Ashaiman Municipal Assembly (ASHMA) says it intends to soon drag property owners who have failed to provide toilet facilities in their homes to the law courts. The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) of the Assembly, Mr. Ibrahim Baidoo, sounded the warning at a function to remind homeowners in the municipality …
Ghana's utility regulator increased tariffs for electricity and water by up to 89 percent on Monday in a renewed bid to attract competitive private investment to the sector as the West African nation grapples with a crippling power crisis. Electricity prices were put up by 59.2 percent and water by …
An initiative to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in Ghana has taken off in Accra. Known as the National REDD forum, the discussions are focusing on "Conserving Our Forests for Better Lives and a Better Climate”. The participants are drumming home the need to secure the future of …
The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD) says it is helping households to get more toilet facilities towards eradicating open defecation, a major health menace across the country. Deputy sector Minister, Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuije said the Ministry was embarking on two schemes, which have begun in some …
Experts highlight threat to lesser-known apes and monkeys from large-scale habitat destruction and illegal wildlife trade More than half the world’s primates, including apes, lemurs and monkeys, are facing extinction, international experts warned on Tuesday. The population crunch is the result of large-scale habitat destruction – particularly the burning and …
Chineyenwa okoro Onu a representative of Enactus Radford won bronze prize at 2015 Innovation in Sanitation Prize organized by Cleanacwa. The Innovation Prize is GHS 50,000 in cash prizes that are awarded to the 10 best impact pitches that are presented at the 2015 Cleanacwa Innovation in Sanitation Prize event. …
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has taken a giant step toward improved food nutrition and security with plans to develop a US$300million facility that will leverage about US$3billion from banks and microfinance institutions across the continent to empower women and women-owned enterprises toward to improving access to nutritious diets. President …
Poor sanitation and open defecation, which continue to be the bane of the Ghanaian society, has robbed the nation of over 4,500 of its youth through the outbreak of diarrhoea in 2014 alone. According to a report by the United Nations International Children's Fund (UNICEF), an additional 247 people died …
The fourth leg of the FIFA '11 for health' program has been launched in Accra on Tuesday. FIFA approved Ghana as the first country in the world for the 4th edition of the program that trains kids in school to avoid health problems through various football drills. The program has …
The Ministry of Environment, Science Technology and Innovation (MESTI) has begun the process required to ratify and rapidly implement the Minamata Convention on mercury to protect human life and the environment against mercury poisoning. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is under the Ministry, has therefore led a national stakeholder’s …
AS the national climate change adaptation strategy and action plan for climate change in Nigeria - NASPA-CCN indicated that climate change is already having significant impacts in Nigeria, and these impacts are expected to increase in the future, with a recent estimates' suggestion that in the absence of adaptation, climate …
Ghana’s strong economic growth in the past two decades helped cut the country’s poverty rate in half, from 52.6% to 21.4% between 1991 and 2012. This is based on Ghana’s national poverty line. But according to the newly released “Poverty Reduction in Ghana: Progress and Challenges,” report, sustained poverty reduction …
The report summarizes key results from surveys carried out on urban and peri-urban agriculture (UPA) in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) in 2013. The aim was to provide a broad overview of the state of UPA in the study cities and a basis for future research endeavors. The randomized …
More than 30 illegal miners were trapped and at least one confirmed dead on Monday in a collapsed illegal mine pit at Tarkwa Nsuaem, near Takoradi, 218 km west of the capital Accra. Local media quoting eye witness say at least one person had been pulled out of the debris …
Ghana has formally launched the final Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) report in Accra on Tuesday. In line with the six previous biennial reports, the 2015 MDGs report examines progress made since 2000 towards all the goals and targets, and draws some lessons from the implementation and monitoring of the MDGs. …
The practice of open defecation in Ghana is still very alarming, with current data suggesting that almost a quarter of the Ghanaian population do not use any latrine facility. Statistics also indicates that access to improved sanitation in Ghana is estimated at 15 per cent against the Millennium Development Goals …
